Tag: Amateur boxing

Great Britain’s Crystal Barker also sparkles on a ‘Good Friday’ for Chinese Taipei boxers in Sofia by Michael O’Neill

(Additional reporting: aiba.org) The 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships (incorporating the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics qualifier) entered its fifth day at the Armeec Arena in Sofia on Good Friday with the standout teams in the Women’s event being Chinese Taipei and Turkey since all three of their boxers overcame stiff opposition to reach the quarter-finals

Sulem Urbina Reflects on Winning Gold at the 2014 Independence Cup

  Photo/Courtesy – Team Urbina (FEB 27) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO/Press Release – Sulem Urbina’s amateur boxing win streak continues as she captured the 112 lb/51 kg gold medal at the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican RepublicTwenty-three year old amateur boxer, Sulem Urbina, a Mexican born, U.S. resident, returned to her Team Mexico training camp in Mexico

Boxing: Tough New American Opponent For Katie Taylor at Mansion House

   Boxing: Tough New American Opponent For Katie Taylor at Mansion House By Michael O’Neill Plans for Katie Taylor’s next two bouts on home soil have now been completed and as we previously reported she meets Europe’s no. 3 Finland’s Mira Potkonen at the Ballywaltrim Community Centre in Bray on November 30th For the four

Latest Update on Nicola Adams

  Nicola Adams To Star in Hour Long ‘Sports Life Series’ on British TV – by Michael O’Neill – (additional reporting ITV.com)  (NOV 6)  “I almost feel like it was my destiny to go to the Olympics and win gold. Something was always telling me at the back of my mind that you need to stick at

Claressa Shields Takes Second Round Stoppage Win in Bulgaria

by Julie Goldsticker –  September 25, 2013 (SEPT 25) Reigning Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) returned to major international action with a second round TKO victory on Tuesday at the Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships in Albena, Bulgaria. Shields took one of four victories for her U.S. squad in the second straight successful day of